The best universities in the world or Where future geniuses study

One of the most influential ratings thatdetermines the best universities in the world, is the list compiled by the British weekly Times Higher Education. Defining the best universities, the named edition takes into account the following factors:

• quality of teaching (30% of the total assessment);
• the volume of research conducted by the university (30%);
• citing works published by the university in other researchers (32.5%);
• income from research (2.5%);
• the level of international cooperation (5%).

And now we will consider the list of the best universities in the world for2012/2013 academic year. In particular, the first five. The first position was taken by the California Institute of Technology (Pasadin, USA). This university specializes in engineering and science. His most famous faculty is physical. It is worth noting that the university laboratory is working on the launch of NASA spacecraft. In addition, this institute has a developed network of observatories. At the same time, only 1200 graduate students and 900 students study at Kaltech.

At the second position is the ancient OxfordUniversity (Oxford, Great Britain). It is known not only for its ancient history (it was taught here in the 11th century), but also as a unique system of mentoring. So, each student is under the personal care of a specialist in the chosen specialty. It is worth noting that this university graduated from 25 prime ministers of Britain, including M. Thatcher.

In the third position of the list the best universities in the worldlocated Stanford University (Palo Alto, USA). It is divided into the following parts: the faculty of jurisprudence, business, technical and medical. At the same time, Stanford is famous for its multidisciplinary approach to learning. Quite often, students are trained in several specialties, using a double degree program. In addition, the university audience is known all over the world as the most highly technical.

The list of "the best universities in the world" would be incomplete withoutHarvard University (Boston, USA), which took the fourth place. But the named university takes the first position in the United States in terms of the number of graduates-billionaires. Interestingly, Harvard has a graduate community helping students find high-paying jobs. In addition, 43 Nobel Prize laureates teach here.

On the fifth place in the list of "the best universities in the world"located Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, USA). This institute is an innovator in the field of artificial intelligence, and its educational programs in economics, engineering, information technology, physics, mathematics and chemistry are considered the best in the United States. At the moment, among the graduates and staff of the Massachusetts Institute there are 77 Nobel Prize winners.

As can be seen, the US continues to lead thequality of higher education. So, in the first ten American universities have 7 positions, and in the rating of two hundred - 76 positions. Also, the rating of Chinese universities has grown significantly. For example, Peking University this year ranked 46th step. As for Russian universities, MSU entered the list of "best universities". However, in the general rating, he takes only 216th place.